Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-06-25
NEWS NOTES.

There is little prospect Of an agreement
/ between the iron manufacturers and the
Aulalg aLnated association on the wage cues
| tlon AT their approaching conference, The
latter viii demand an increase in the pay o.
| Al Sklllsd Workmen averaging II per cent,
while the employers, it is sal l. will refuse
/ any advance upon last years scale. In the
event Of their failure to agree, the iron and
steel workers throughout the country viii
/ go on strike.
! James Buffuu, a CO. yorker with Garrison
ana Phillips IN the anti-slavsry movement
| half century ago. has died at his home In
[ Lynn, MaEsachusetts, at the age Of so.
The German crown prince left Berlin for
England.
An unprecedented wheat crop is predicted
Ia Manitoba and the Northwest territory.
A. The house bill to punish bOycotting passed
the Illinois senate by a vote OF 30 to G.
Many labCrers and cattle have been killed
ana great damage done to crops and build
ihgs Dy hail-storms in Eastern ROumelia.
The porte has been formally advised Of
Queen NlctOria's signature to the Anglo
Turkish convention regarding Egypt.
A large body of the Episcopal clergy Of
New York will participate in the services to
be held at ''Old Trinity" in that city, next
/ Sunday, IN honor Of the queens jubilee.
The statue of Nathan Hale, the Revolu-
I
Hartford, has been formally delivered to
the state.
Prince Albert Victor, eldest son of the
prince of Wales. is TO be decorated with the
order Of Saint Patrick during the Jubilee
thanksgiving services 20 be held at Dublin
June %.
By the recent purchase of the Vandalia
and the acquisition of other roads, the Balti-
more d Ohio gets through air line from
the seaOOard to st. Louis.
Jay Gould. who has just returned to New
York from Fortress Monroe, says his health
IL much improved. He takes an optimistic
new Of the financial situation, although he
admits that prudence" is advisable under
the prevailing conditions.
The Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific
roads mad a pitched battle in the railway
committee Of TIE house OF commons at Otta-
wa. Ontario The Canadian Pacific com
pany sought to get a charter to build a line
from La Chine bridge to Dundee, there to
connect with the American system. The
committee threw out the bill by a vote of -
to 30 on the ground that the Grand Trunk
had already obtained charter over the
same route.
The Irish land bill Will probably reach the
commons next week, and be advanced TO a
second reading before the coercion bill is
put upon its passage.
Two alleged moonIigbters have been ar
rested in County Kerry, Ireland, on charges
of murder.
Queen Victoria viii signRlize her jubilee
by turning loose ell military and naval pris-
oners convicted Of minor Ohenses-
An iRsurrection in the province Of Tucu-
man IN the Argentine Republic, has been
depressed with a loss Of four hundred lives.
Inc governor OF the province and his min
listers are reported to have been made
prisoners-
A famine is prevailing on the Cicilis plain
IN Asia Minor, caused by the failure OF
crops several years in succession. About
$1,000 people out Of a population Of 10000
are destitute. appeals for relief Will be
made to the American people.
Prince Bismarck, who is in a very bad
condition of health, viii go TO Kissengen in
August.
The Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh
Railroad company has been temporarily ga
Joined from proposed issue Of s., 900
on the motion to make the injunction per-
manent Is set for June %, before the United
States court at Pittsburgh.
A sensation has been produced in Paris by
the kidnapping IN the Bots de BOulougne Of
the Countess QampOs, the divorced wife of
the Due de Ie Tore son OF the late Marshal
Serrano, of Spain. There is no cleW to the
present whereabouts of the lady. Her alb
ductor is believed to be rejected suitOr.
The British Catholic union has adopted
resolutions congrstulating the pope and
Queen Victoria upon their jubilees.
The death Of Scheuren, the famous land
scape painter, is reported from Dusseldorf.
John G. Nelson has been appointed re-
oelVer OF public moneys at Fergus Fall,
Minnesota, and James Greedy register Of the
land Offices at the same place.
Arch Gilmore has been convicted Of the
murder OF John Buffer, Of Horkville, Hi
hVe years.
The Canadian prohibitionists profess great
elation at the narrow margin By which the
prOhibiUOry resolution was defeated in the
house OF commons at Ottawa. 1t is claimed
that the rejection Of the measure was due to
the threats of Sir John Macdonald to resign
the premiership in the event Of It's passage.
At Sydney, New South Wales, a meeting
attended by twenty thousand people passed
resolutions expressing devotion to the queen.
The meeting was held to cOunteract the
''dislOyal" manifestations at a previous
meeting called by the mayor to take action
regarding a jubilee celebration.
Six thousand Belfast ship builders, who
have been on a strike, resumed work.
The participants in the riots at Amster-
dam last July have been granted amnesty.
At Liberty, New York, John Wales and
Curtis Fiske quarreled over pretty widow,
of whom both were enamored. and the form
er was shot and killed. Elslze claims to have
fired IN self-defense. His victim leaves a
widow and child.
Hugh G'Donneu, ex-vice president of the
hOme-rule confederation, writes letter from
Cologne 10 the London Times defending the
Paruelites against the accusations brought
by that journal of completely IN crime. The
Times insists that Mr.. O'Donnell evades the
vital points of the Indictment against the
Irish nation8lists.
Judge O. A. Lochrane, one of the most
eminent lawyers and jurists in the south.
died at his home IN Atlanta, Georgia, of
heart disease.
A paper factory at Kief, Russia, was de-
stroyed by IRE, with loss of $4,000.
William O'Brien, editorOf United Ireland,
received an enthusiastic reception at Queens
town, upon his return from America. He
made brief address to his friends, after
which he left for Cork, where he was formal
~ rendered the freedom of the city.
NJ. Risties, the new Servian premier, has
been congratulated by the Bulgarian refu-
gees IN Russia upon the triumph of the
slave cause IN SerYia.
The Manitoba press has adopted a very
menaclng tone toward the Ottawa govern
ment on the railroad question
An Outline OF the Defense.